The Supreme Court on Thursday (February 5, 2026) adjourned to February 9 the hearing on a plea filed by Gitanjali J. Angmo, wife of jailed climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, against his detention under the National Security Act (NSA).
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A Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and PB Varale deferred the matter.
On Wednesday (February 4), the Supreme Court had asked the Centre if there was any possibility for the government to relook at the detention of Mr. Wangchuk considering his health condition.
Additional solicitor general K.M. Nataraj had submitted that Mr. Wangchuk was responsible for violence in Leh last year in which four people died and 161 were injured.
